I am the long lost child of Oprah and Gayle Winfrey-King. Unfortunately, I am still lost and have yet to inherit my gazillion dollar trust fund. This unfortunate incident, coupled with my love for luxurious fashion has led me to learn how to mix high street fashion with the occasional designer pieces. So until the day that my parents decide to find me, welcome to my version of fashion with a somewhat lax budget. Enjoy!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Apparently one of my BBAAMM girls (1), Brit Brit, has been accused of pulling a Natalie Portman-- i.e. using a dance double for her role in her current music video ,"Till the world ends".
Honestly?!... the gall of these haters!!!!! What an insult to the "next Madonna"... although I think Gaga has that title now. The dancing in this video, as seen below, resembles a lukewarm version of a P90x aerobics class. How dare they imply that Brit Brit cannot jump around like any of the workout junkies I see on a Saturday morning infomercial!!??!!?
If you are going to taint a person's name, try to make it believable. If you said her dancing in the video for "Stronger" was done using a dance double, I will believe you. Because, honestly, how was a seventeen year old girl able to do "that" with a chair when it takes years and years of practice for the cream of the crop strippers-- Vegas Strippers-- to master those particular chair dance moves?

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Certain looks never get old. And since I am a little far from classic with my style, I have recruited Ms. V to show us how it is done: On her-- Wide-leg Badgley Mischka pants paired with an Express top.

Chanel bag: Every fashionista, especially ones that boast a classic style, must own one!

Chanel sunglasses and earrings. What can I say? She loves her some CCs!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

I apologize... Poor Richard’s Ava’s Almanac... agreeably, a less profound version of Franklin's book of proverbs.

PREFACE

"I might in this place attempt to gain thy favor, by declaring that I write almanacs with no other view than that of the public good; but in this I should not be sincere; and men are nowadays too wise to be deceived by pretences, however specious. The plain truth of the matter is, I am excessively poor and my fashion habits, a fiercely feisty one, cannot bear to be left starving season after season-- Burberry thigh-high boots, fur lined parka, Celine bag-- the list goes on, are yet to be acquired. My habit has threatened to leave moi if I do not make some profitable use of whatever gifts the good Lord has granted me. Since I have yet to find the means to cure cancer, I have decided to settle on my wayward thoughts as my way of means; and thus I have begun to comply and start this series of 'watered down' proverbs in hopes of increasing readership, thereby gaining advertising money from Google..." (Franklin, slightly altered for Author's purpose)

Quotes of the day: 1) A work related compliment is the life line for achieving professional contentment 2) Men are better as gravy than as the main meal3) Stress and anxiety like energy cannot be destroyed, simply transferred from one person to another. Learn to close your office door!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Clearly on CP (colored people) time, I just watched this movie on TCM. And after the butterflies, brought on by Cary Grant's sheer magnetism, settled in my stomach, I began to wonder... Is it really an affair if the couple in question ends up together for happily ever after? I then decided the movie was inappropriately titled-- from my experience, affairs are better forgotten.
Picture this alternative scenario: Grant stays true to his playboy character (as most of them almost always do) and remain a no show at the Empire State building. In this instance, would Debra Kerr want An Affair To Remember or would she have stood in line at the memory eraser bank ala Jim Carey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and wish for her new lover to be entirely erased from her mind? An Affair to Remember? If it is all the same to you, I would rather not.
Yes, not all great love stories are meant to stand the test of time, but who the hell wants to remember them if they don't? Like most modern women, I once fell victim to the grandeur associated with having love affairs solely for their memories (Bridges of Madison County, anyone?) ... but as life has thought me, it is not "passionately love" if you cannot make it last or as a dear friend once said, "This is not my first time at the Rodeo; I am looking for a champion bull rider that can last longer than eight seconds". Of course, death is an exception:)

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Well, thank the Lord... Houston isn't bereft of style after all. There are definitely loads of bling and "matchy matchy" clothing prevalent at all our city fairs (the Rodeo takes the cake); but alas, one can usually find a diamond or two amidst the rubble... To begin our new series, "Fashionable Houston", we followed fellow Houstonian, Ms. T, around for the day. Hope you guys enjoy!

Dress is by MNG, glasses are Armani Exchange

Bag: Hobo International and those divine purple shoes are by Badgley Mischka

Just so I do not stare at Thirty-somethings when they start yapping, I peruse these sites daily

About Me

I am the long lost child of Oprah and Gayle Winfrey-King. Unfortunately, I am still lost and have yet to inherit my gazillion dollar trust fund. This unfortunate incident, coupled with my love for luxurious fashion has led me to learn how to mix high street fashion with the occasional designer pieces. So until the day that my parents decide to find me, welcome to my version of fashion with a somewhat lax budget. Enjoy!